Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernest Nuamah Appiah [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 November 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon (on loan from RWD Molenbeek) | ||
Number | 37 | ||
Youth career | |||
Right to Dream | |||
2022 | Nordsjælland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Nordsjælland | 43 | (17) |
2023– | RWD Molenbeek | 0 | (0) |
2023– | → Lyon (loan) | 25 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Ghana U23 | 3 | (1) |
2023– | Ghana | 10 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:31, 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:53, 25 March 2024 (UTC) |
Ernest Nuamah Appiah (born 1 November 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon, on loan from Belgian Pro League club RWD Molenbeek, and the Ghana national team. [3]
Nuamah was born and raised in Asafo, a suburb of Kumasi. He started his career with Right to Dream Academy, a football academy based in Eastern Region, Ghana. [4]
In January 2022, Nuamah joined Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland. [5] He made his debut on 10 April 2022 when he came on in the 67th minute for Magnus Kofod Andersen to score an 84th minute goal in a 2–2 draw to Aarhus GF. [6] [7] He was adjudged as the team's man of the match at the end of the match. [8] In September 2022 Nuamah was adjudged the young player of the month. [9]
On 19 March 2023, Nuamah scored a brace including the winning goal in a 2–1 win against Brøndby. He received the award for Danish Superliga Player of the Year at the end of the season. [10]
Nuamah started the 2023–24 season off strong, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 league victory against Viborg on 24 July 2023, the first matchday of the new campaign. [11]
On 30 August 2023, Nuamah joined Belgian side RWD Molenbeek, before being immediately loaned to French side Lyon for the rest of the season, [12] [13] with a purchase option worth €25 million, [14] [15] plus €4.5 million in potential add-ons, in favor of the Ligue 1 club. [15] The loan move was made possible through a common ownership between the two clubs, John Textor's Eagle Football Holdings, and was necessary to avoid Lyon's spending restrictions given by the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG). [16] In the process, Nuamah set a new record as Nordsjælland's highest-grossing sale. [12] [15]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nordsjælland | 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |
2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | — | 34 | 15 | ||
2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
Total | 43 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 20 | ||
RWDM | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Lyon (loan) | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | |
Career total | 68 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 23 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ghana | 2023 | 6 | 2 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 2 |
Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nuamah goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 7 September 2023 | Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana | Central African Republic | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
2 | 12 September 2023 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | Liberia | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
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